Stance and Freedom

By Julia Cost I am thinking about this word, “stance”. I am thinking about stance in relationship to perspective, and perspective in relationship to proximity, and proximity in terms of distance from my own normal life/ throwing most everything I normally do out the window and living someplace else for a while, […]

November 15, 2012  |  Read Article

My Old Friend Ballet

By Emmaly Wiederholt In my heart of hearts I am a ballet dancer. Since I was five years old I have not gone longer than a month without finding myself in ballet class. It is my first and deepest love in the realm of dance, and its physical and psychological […]

November 12, 2012  |  Read Article

Countertechnique: A Practice, a Process, a Pleasure

By Charles Slender About a month ago, Emmaly Wiederholt asked if I would be interested in contributing something to Stance on Dance about my recent experiences studying, practicing, and becoming certified to teach Anouk van Dijk’s Countertechnique.  What an opportunity – I said yes! I shortly realized though…that I had […]

November 5, 2012  |  Read Article

Use it or Lose it

By Angela Mazziotta Metaphorically speaking, Human beans are the heartiest of all beans, we shuck our bucky butts around happy and superior – reigning over the Legume Regime which includes the inferior likes of limas, kidneys, pintos, mungs and greens. We are ranked so highly among these simple beans that […]

October 18, 2012  |  Read Article

Framing

By Emmaly Wiederholt A couple of weeks ago my friend Julia Cost sent me a number of photos of the same painting of hers. The last two specifically intrigued me, as the painting was placed in her bathroom sink. She was playing with strange and artificial places to display her […]

October 8, 2012  |  Read Article